A shooting at a supermarket in Arkansas, USA, has left three people dead and 10 others injured.
Parked cars and shop windows were riddled with bullet holes after a gunman opened fire on Friday, forcing passers-by to take cover.
Among the injured there are two police officers who shot the gunman, before he was arrested.
The incident took place around 11:30 a.m. local time at the Mad Butcher supermarket in Fordyce, a town of just over 3,000 people located 65 miles south of Little Rock.
Colonel Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State Police, told reporters: “It’s tragic, we’re heartbroken.”
The gunman was identified by police as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey.
Posey was taken to prison and charged with three counts of murder.
Other charges are still pending and no hearing date has been set, according to the inmate roster.
Neither Posey’s nor the officers’ injuries were life-threatening, but among the others, injuries ranged from “non-life-threatening to extremely critical,” Col. Hagar said.
It was not immediately clear what the motive for the shooting was, or whether it took place predominantly inside or outside the store.
City council member Roderick Rogers witnessed the attack.
He said he saw people fleeing for cover in all directions, adding: “People were just jumping into cars to get to safety.”
Law enforcement officers work at the scene of the shooting. Photo: AP
Amiya Doherty said she was in her mother’s car in the store parking lot when she heard what she thought were fireworks.
But then he saw a man holding a gun and shooting and said he ducked out of sight.
“I held my sister’s hand and told her I love her,” Doherty told Little Rock television station KATV.
Images from the scene showed a series of bullet holes in the grocery store window and bullet casings scattered throughout the parking lot.
The shooting took place at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas. Photo: AP
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she had been informed about the shooting.
In a social media post, she added: “I am grateful to law enforcement and first responders for their quick and heroic action to save lives.
“My prayers are with the victims and everyone affected by this.”
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The White House said President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting and his team will continue to keep him informed.
David Rodriguez, 58, had stopped at his local gas station when he heard what he thought were fireworks.
But he also saw people fleeing the store and a person lying on the ground.
“The police started showing up, and then there was massive shooting and the ambulances arrived,” he said.
“The bullets were just flying.”
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